apostolize

Etymology

From apostle + -ize.

verb

To convert; to proselytize.“In the year 1835, the Holy Synod thought it necessary to apostolize a little in the district of Wiatka, and to convert the Tcheremisses (heathens) to the right faith.”
To make sacred or apostolic.“So he learns to "apostolize" the tying of a parcel or the washing of a dish, by offering that trivial action as an expression of his love.”